What I Learned From Couponing — And Why I Don’t Do It Anymore

I think it’s time to be a little more realistic about couponing, don’t you? I mean, let’s face it; “extreme couponing” is just not practical for most of us. I personally have no desire to turn my living room into a stockpile. I just want to feed my family for as little money as possible. Can you […]

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Not Your Typical Spring Cleaning Tips: How to do Laundry

Here we are with the second installment of Not Your Typical Spring Cleaning Tips. Remember, I’m not talking about “spring cleaning” per se; it just happens to be spring when I am talking about cleaning… :-) Last week was about using spare minutes throughout the day to get a handle on big projects.  Next week

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Spring Cleaning Tips 5&10 Minute Jobs

Not Your Typical Spring Cleaning Tips: 5- & 10-Minute Jobs

Here’s the thing: I don’t do spring cleaning. At least two of my friends work hard for several weeks in March and April, deep cleaning all cupboards and closets and light fixtures and window blinds – all those tasks that are difficult to fit in regularly. And I’m impressed by those gals… but I’m just

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Looking for a simple method for how to organize your life paperwork? I've been using a system for years that takes little effort, space, or thought! :-) Take a look and get organized today!

How to Organize Your Life: A Simple Paper Filing System

Piles of papers can become overwhelming quickly, can’t they?? You think it’s all under control until you have to find one in particular for the thing with the guy at the place; and then you are shuffling through a mondo stack (or stacks), and you want to pull your hair out. It is hard to

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High Protein Breakfast Smoothie — Gluten & Dairy Free, Low Sugar

Breakfast has always been very important to me. I cannot live without breakfast. If I have not eaten within a certain amount of time after waking up, I become a different, not extremely nice, person. In fact, the very first argument my husband and I had, about 2 days into our marriage, lol, was over

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The story of our homeschool journey from kindergarten through high school, and one of the most important lessons we learned along the way.

Our Homeschool Journey: True Confessions of an Ordinary Family

NOTE: This article was originally published in 2015. We have been a homeschooling family for over 15 years, since our oldest child started kindergarten. None of our children have ever been enrolled in public school; the only reason any of them have stepped foot inside one has been to take college entrance exams. As of

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